My moms 60th bday party is this weekend. I am all squared away except for the fruit! I need some suggestions for a fruit salad! I am making fresh fruit cut up amd tossed together but am looking for some other suggestions that take a little more creativity! Give me some ideas ladies!

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__________________R, married to C, mommy to N, 10 and all boy and K, almost 4, a pink Princess who came to us through the miracle adoption and we are hoping for more!FET 9/13... and planning another FET in spring '13.

Maybe instead of tossing it all together you could make fruit kebabs with a sauce... Yogurt based or a vanilla and mint infused simple syrup might be nice. Or maybe drizzled with chocolate or fondue? You could also make a fruit tart. I use a Snickerdoodle dough for a crust, but any sugar cookie dough you like will work- baked on a pizza pan until done. Cool completely and frost with a combination of 1 jar of marshmallow fluff and an 8oz brick of cream cheese mixed together. Fan sliced fruit out decoratively on top. For extra wow you can glaze the fruit with melted apricot jam (makes it look shiney) or dust lightly with powdered sugar. after everything is in place. You can also use the same cookie dough & bake on the back of a muffin tin to make cups. Then you can put a little of the cream cheese stuff and fill with fruit. Drizzle with chocolate (regular or white) and/or glaze with melted jam. Oh. And look in the canning section and buy a jar of fruit fresh. It works way better than lemon juice for keeping apple & pear slices white.

Fruit salsa with cinnamon chips. Very, very good. But if you make it, make lots of chips they go really quick. First time I made it didn't account for people eating the chips by themselves.
Fruit salsa- pieces cut into whatever size you like
1-2 jalopeno seeded and minced
cantaloupe
honey due
watermelon
strawberries
kiwi
1 tablespoon lemon or lime. Lime tastes a little better but both will work

you can also add
blueberries
pineapple
apple
banana (i don't like banana in this one)

Toss and refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve with chips. http://www.food.com/recipe/cinnamon-...la-chips-93316
you'll want to do more then this but you get the idea. You want 1/2 cup of sugar per tbsp of cinnamon. How much you mix depends on how many you want to make. And then you need enough butter to brush one side of all your tortillas.

I am a huge fan of kabobs but I am not going tto attempt making them for 100+ people. The cost of nice fresh fruit I Wisconsin in winter is too prohibiting. I do LOVE kabobs though and it is an awesome suggestion!

__________________R, married to C, mommy to N, 10 and all boy and K, almost 4, a pink Princess who came to us through the miracle adoption and we are hoping for more!FET 9/13... and planning another FET in spring '13.